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108 { THE SOMM JOURNAL } JUNE/JULY 2017
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THERE IS AN OLD FOLK saying in Croatia: "Water divides
people; wine unites them."
This adage was never more on display than for two days
in April, when more than 100 wine enthusiasts, wine writers
and critics, grape geneticists, diplomats and winemakers trav
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eled across continents and oceans to converge in Croatia.
United in common purpose, they came to taste, explore and
celebrate the cultural heritage of one of the world's most
popular wine grape varieties, Tribidrag, at the first ever inter-
national I Am Tribidrag conference.
THE INAUGURAL "I AM TRIBIDRAG"
CONFERENCE DRAWS DIGNITAR-
IES TO CROATIA TO EXPLORE
ZINFANDEL'S ROOTS
by Cliff Rames
A Grape Celebration
TRIBIDRAG:
PHOTO:
CLIFF
RAMES
Tribidrag vines at Kraljevski
Vinogradi (Royal Vineyards) near
Zadar. Tribidrag plantings across
Croatia hav e increased to
nearly 100 hectares (247 acres).
PHOTO:
DAMIR
FABIJANIC
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Conference organizers and special guests (front row): Joel Peterson,
founder of Ravenswood Winery; David Gates, Vice President of
Vineyard Operations at Ridge Vineyards; Dr. Carole Meredith, U.C.
Davis (retired); Dr. Edi Maletic´ , University of Zagreb.